Blog entries by GPCW Screenwriting
This GPCW blog is a special entry about our Screenplaying podcast that we host alongside the Crested Butte Film Festival. In this episode, two actors, including our own GPCW Screenwriting performance coach (yes, we have a performance coach for our pitching finals), take a deep dive into the...
Many of the most common mistakes found in screenplays are also easy to rectify. So if you are working on a screenplay of your own, make sure that you do not fall into one of these traps.
1) The Compulsive “We See-er”
We see an eyeball staring directly at us.
The Issue: Let us not forget...
By James Napoli.
Flashbacks
Nothing provokes a more knee-jerk “don’t do it” reaction from screenwriters than the decision to include one or more flashbacks in one’s screenplay. We can, of course, understand this compulsion to remain linear, and the gut instinct that to tell the story from...
By James Napoli
As the head of our Screenwriting MFA at Western, I thought it would be interesting to post some articles on screencraft for your review. I hope you find them helpful!
I had an interesting experience while binge-watching the first two seasons of the beautifully acted and tonally...
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